I kinda do take SO's preferences into consideration. I know he likes long hair and when he met me I wore my hair long and straight. He honestly thought my hair grew that way, bless his heart, and I had to explain the story of the relaxer and flat iron and that my hair is actually quite kinky. I prepared him for my big chop but either way long, straight, short, curly, kinky, he accepts me. We've come too far to argue over hair and either way I was gonna do what I wanted to do with my hair.